Television

In 1990 New York City, everybody’s saying hiphop’s the future, but somebody’s got to make that future happen. This new series picks up where last year’s TV movie of the same name left off, as three young friends pursue their music dreams in a business where the drug trade is a source of both content and venture capital. Mack Wilds, Afton Williamson, and Antoine Harris return in the featured roles, joined by Method Man and Teyana Taylor. Monday, Feb. 20, at 9 p.m., VH1

Bates Motel

The last time we checked in on A&E’s chilling Psycho-inspired series, Norma Bates had died in her son’s failed attempt at a murder-suicide. But as the show’s final season begins, Norma is still speaking to young Norman as he goes about his days, and the plot starts to run parallel to the horror classic that inspired it. Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga co-star, while Rihanna will arrive to fill the Janet Leigh role—shower scene included. Monday, Feb. 20, at 10 p.m., A&E

Maya Angelou: And Still I Rise

To hear her name is to hear her voice. Maya Angelou’s first book, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, introduced much of the world to that voice and to the story of her childhood, and had such an impact that people today forget she lived 40 full years before establishing herself as one of the foremost writers of her generation. This documentary, which debuted last year at Sundance, follows her story into this century but is most revelatory when showing us Angelou as a teenage mother and prostitute, then a singer, dancer, and 1960s activist. Tuesday, Feb. 21, at 8 p.m., PBS; check local listings

The Blacklist: Redemption

An offshoot of NBC’s hit crime series pulls together a team of notorious baddies who take on dangerous black-ops work in order to atone for years of evil deeds. Blacklist regular Ryan Eggold stars opposite Famke Janssen. He’s an undercover operative she wants on her team, and she doesn’t know when she comes on to him that she’s his mother. Thursday, Feb. 23, at 10 p.m., NBC

Highmore as Norman Bates: Never truly alone

Patriot

Who says a secret agent can’t play folk music? In one of the quirkiest new series of this young year, Michael Dorman portrays an intelligence officer who in a bid to keep Iran from going nuclear takes an industrial job in Milwaukee and plays folk clubs on the side. It’s never easy to successfully mix dark comedy and jarring violence, but Dorman (Wonderland) and co-stars Michael Chernus and Terry O’Quinn (Lost) have the talent to pull the trick off. Available for streaming Friday, Feb. 24, Amazon

Other highlights

Sun Records

An eight-part series inspired by a Tony-winning musical tells the story of the Memphis record label that launched Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash. Thursday, Feb. 23, at 10 p.m., CMT

Vice

The renegade news program returns for a fifth season with reports from around the globe. Friday, Feb. 24, at 11 p.m., HBO

The 89th Annual Academy Awards

The stars will shine—and no doubt share some of their political insights—as they gather to honor the best movies of 2016. Jimmy Kimmel hosts and La La Land comes in the favorite for a very big night. Sunday, Feb. 26, at 8 p.m., ABC